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Data Centers in Orbit? Space-Based Edge Computing Gets a Boost

By Rich Miller - August 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

At left,, an OrbitsEdge SatFrame server developed in partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterrpise (HPA)> At right, a Vaya Space launch vehicle. (Images: OrbitsEdge, Vaya Space)

A plan to operate small data centers in space got a boost this week, as satellite colocation company OrbitsEdge has a launch partner. OrbitsEdge is working with HPE to house a small rack of servers inside a satellite in low-earth orbit (LEO).

Tagged With: OrbitsEdge, Satellite, Space

Incident at Google Data Center Highlights Risks of Arc Flash

By Rich Miller - August 10, 2022 Leave a Comment

A herd of deer outside the equipment yard of the Google data center campus in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Photo: Google)

The importance of electrical safety in data centers has been reinforced by an incident at a Google data center in which three workers were injured. It’s a reminder that even the most professionally run data centers must stay vigilant about worker safety related to arc flash, a type of electrical explosion.

Tagged With: Arc Flash, Data Center Power, Google

With Voltera, EdgeConneX Brings Powered Real Estate to EV Charging

By Rich Miller - August 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

An illustration of an EV charging facility from Voltera, which launches today with a focus on serving customers deploying fleets of electric vehicles. (Image: Voltera)

EV charging specialist Voltera launches today as a spinoff from data center developer EdgeConneX, with a multibillion-dollar plan for a network of strategically-located charging facilities to enable electric vehicle fleet deployment at scale.

Tagged With: EdgeConneX, EQT, Voltera

Prince William County Weighs Proposals That Could Accelerate Data Center Growth

By Rich Miller - August 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

A QTS Data Centers facility in Northern Virginia. QTS is among the companies seeking a major expansion of their presence in Prince William County. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Prince William County in Northern Virginia could see an acceleration of data center construction, potentially shifting the center of gravity for cloud infrastructure growth. The opportunity is at stake as residents and officials debate how data centers fit in the county’s vision for its future.

Tagged With: Compass Data Centers, Corscale Data Centers, Northern Virginia, NTT Global Data Centers Americas, Prince William County, QTS Realty

Neighbor vs. Neighbor: A Community Debates Data Center Growth

By Rich Miller - August 8, 2022 1 Comment

Signs lining Pageland Road in Manassas, Virginia touting the economic benefits of data centers. (Photo: Rich Miller)

The Prince William Digital Gateway in Manassas is prompting heated debate between groups of residents about the role of data centers in their community. The project was proposed by local landowners seeking to capitalize on rising valuations for data center land.

Tagged With: Compass Data Centers, Manassas, Northern Virginia, Prince William County, QTS Realty

The View From the Edge, with Phillip Marangella of EdgeConneX

By Rich Miller - August 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing Officer of EdgeConneX, is RIch Miller's guest on the Data Center Frontier Show.

EdgeConneX has built one of unique growth stories in digital infrastructure. On the Data Center Frontier Show, Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing Officer of EdgeConneX, shares his insights on how edge computing has evolved, and where it is heading next,

Tagged With: EdgeConneX

As Data Center Space Grows Scarce, Enterprise Users Need to Plan Ahead

By Rich Miller - August 3, 2022 Leave a Comment

Panelists in the Data Center Week trends panel in June included (clockwise from upper left) DCF Editor Rich Miller, Stuart Lawrence from Stream Data Centers, Prime Data Centers' Jonathan Gibbs and Chris Pennington of Iron Mountain Data centers. (Image: Endeavor Business Media)

If you’re an enterprise IT  user seeking to expand your data center infrastructure, you’d better be shopping ahead. Data center space is growing scarce due to a combination of historic demand from hyperscale customers and a slowdown in new construction.

Tagged With: Enterprise, Leasing

Rethinking the Data Center: Hydrogen Backup is Latest Microsoft Moonshot

By Rich Miller - August 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

A 3-megawatt hydrogen fuel cell developed for Microsoft by Plug Power, which may replace diesel generators in Microsoft data centers. (Image: Microsoft)

Microsoft has successfully tested a 3-megawatt generator using hydrogen fuel cells, proving that the technology can work at data center scale. It’s the latest in a series of Microsoft “moonshot” R&D projects designed to rethink the future of sustainable data centers.

Tagged With: Diesel, Generators, Hydrogen, Microsoft

Ashburn Power Crunch May Cause Delays in Data Center Construction

By Rich Miller - July 29, 2022 Leave a Comment

A large power substation in Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Dominion Energy has begun telling data center companies that power for some new facilities in Ashburn, Virginia will be delayed, perhaps for years. That could slow or halt to development in Ashburn, the most active market for cloud computing infrastructure.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Digital Realty, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

Aligned Plans Four-Story Data Center on New Virginia Campus

By Rich Miller - July 26, 2022 Leave a Comment

An illustration of the planned Aligned Data Centers IAD-03 facility in Sterling, Virginia. (Image: Aligned Data Centers)

Aligned Data Centers will expand its presence in Northern Virginia with a four-story, 72-megawatt data center on a new campus in Sterling. The new campus provides Aligned with runway for long-term growth in a key market for cloud computing.

Tagged With: Aligned, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

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Digital Infrastructure’s OpEx Shift: The Case for Renting vs Buying

Digital Infrastructure’s OpEx Shift: The Case for Renting vs Buying Scott Willis, president and CEO of DartPoints, discusses CapEx- and OpEx-based data storage solutions and provides insights on how to determine which is best for your organization.

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DCF Spotlight

Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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